For more than half of its working residents, Frohn Township is a commute to Bemidji
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S. Frohn Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Frohn Township for work; outside it, Bemidji is the main destination (53%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Frohn Township, in brief
Frohn Township is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Frohn Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Frohn Township has about 990 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 681 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Frohn Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Frohn Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Frohn Township’s grade up ($90,156, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Frohn Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Frohn Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In and out of Frohn Township on a workday
On a workday 677 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Frohn Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Frohn Township ends
Where Frohn Township clocks in
53% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Frohn Township makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
88 jobs are based in Frohn Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frohn Township, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 88. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frohn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Frohn Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frohn Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 558 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Frohn Township goes to work
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Frohn Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frohn Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Frohn Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 637 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Frohn Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frohn Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Frohn Township ranks 2,697th of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Dixmont ME | 1,215 | $76K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,696 | Wise Township MI | 1,385 | $68K | 8.4% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,697 | Frohn Township MN | 1,582 | $90K | 11.3% | 5.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,698 | Smithfield Township PA | 1,465 | $78K | 8.1% | 5.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,699 | Oakland Township PA | 1,335 | $78K | 8.1% | 6.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Frohn Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door is work for 57% of Frohn Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frohn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frohn Township | – | C+ | D− | 24 min | $90,156 |
| Ten Lake Township | under 2% | D | C− | 23 min | $70,750 |
| Bemidji Township | 3% | B− | B− | 19 min | $82,750 |
| Farden Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 20 min | $72,328 |
| Bemidji | 53% | C− | A | 17 min | $55,405 |
| Turtle River Township | under 2% | B | C− | 19 min | $94,000 |
| Northern Township | 1% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $99,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bemidji. Darker towns draw more of Frohn Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Frohn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Frohn Township?
$90,156 (±$18,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frohn Township?
11.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frohn Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frohn Township work?
1% work in town.
Is Frohn Township walkable?
Frohn Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frohn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frohn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frohn Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.